Global Ecumenism

by Michael Smith

In 1999, he was an invited speaker at the Council for The Parliament of World Religions in Cape Town, South Africa, and in 2001, he and the Dalai Lama collaborated to bring
the Buddhist and Hindu communities together at the Kumbha Mela, the largest gathering of people ever seen on the planet.

Throughout his life he honored the religious views of all people, and while attending The Parliament of World Religions he met with leaders of many faiths to work towards interfaith understanding.

In his booklet “Millennium,” (1999) he explained what needed to be done in the 21st century to bring wisdom and peace to the planet, and he elaborated on those themes in “Polity, Economy and Family” (2000).

In those booklets he gave a complete philosophy for establishing the goals for all areas of human existence and development for the Millennium, bringing together in a common perspective all the aspirations of those who pray and work for a spiritually balanced humankind.